State Senators David Long and Dennis Kruse, Representatives Randy Borror, Matt Bell and Marlin Stutzman, and Congressman Souder will be addressing northeast Indiana pro-lifers next Saturday morning at the Allen County Right to Life Legislative Forum.  Please attend if you can (I will be the moderator).

Indiana legislators to brief area voters at sixth annual pro-life legislative forum.

Fort Wayne, IN — Pro-life voters will meet with Indiana legislators to be briefed on legislation pending in the Indiana General Assembly that protects innocent human life. Legislators will report that three pro-life bills have passed the Indiana Senate and have been referred to the House of Representatives for further action. Senate Bill 3 provides that a pharmacist may not be required to dispense or sell a drug or medical device if the drug or medical device would be used to cause an abortion or to cause the death of a person by means of assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Senate Bill 146 requires abortion providers to inform women about the abortion and related issues including fetal pain and defining when life begins. This bill also requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Senate Bill 187 requires schools to include fetal development in high school health curriculums. Voters and legislators will discuss action necessary to get these bills enacted into law.

     Panelists include Indiana Senate Pro Tem David Long, Senator Dennis Kruse and  Indiana State Representatives Matt Bell, Marlin Stutzman and Randy Borror. US Congressman Mark Souder will report on pro-life legislation at the federal level.

     The Legislative Forum, sponsored by Allen County Right to Life, is open to the public and will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2008, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. on the Concordia Theological Seminary Campus, 6600 N. Clinton in Wyneken Hall, Room 8. Reservations for this free event are being taken at the Allen County Right to Life office, 260-471-1849 through February 8.

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About Allen County Right to Life

Allen County Right to Life is the voice for thousands of area residents who are committed to advocate for a culture of life, which we accomplish through education in the social, religious, legal, medical, scientific and legislative fields. Abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia are negative, violent and primitive responses to complex social problems that demand genuine compassion and rational, responsible thinking. Further, embryonic stem-cell research and human cloning are unacceptable because the result is the willful destruction of human life.